Climate change’s outsized impact on North AfricaZaid M. BelbagiGlobally, North Africa is one of the regions most affected by climate change (File/AFP)Short Url https://arab.news/9aw49North Africa is one of the regions most affected by climate change globally, with summer temperatures predicted to rise by 4 degrees Celsius over the next 50 years. The challenges posed by climate change cut across sectors and, today, the region is both heating up and drying much faster than the global average. Water shortages have become a defining feature of the socioeconomic environment in North Africa in recent years. The loss of traditional nomadic communities is therefore leading to a notable cultural erosion in North Africa. North Africa’s contribution to global carbon emissions is meager, yet it faces an outsized impact as a result of climate change and global warming.
